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First one, the huge 16 inch gunned british battleship HMS Rodney. Images of the launching, trials and combat.
YouTube - Acorazado HMS Rodney
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First one, the huge 16 inch gunned british battleship HMS Rodney. Images of the launching, trials and combat.
YouTube - Acorazado HMS Rodney
Nice one CBHuge as Rodney was, she was in fact a scaled-down version of the gigantic N3 battleships that were 'cancelled' at the Washington naval talks. Had those, and the related G3 fast battleships, been built, the RN wouldn't have struggled for world-class battleships throughout WW2...
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind;
and therefore never send to ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" - John Donne, Meditation XVII
Never realized she was so ugly. Still impressive, though.
Beauty is, as beauty does and I always thought that she looked pretty good.Originally Posted by Marcel
Great post CB!!!Thank you sir!
You re welcome. I am bit surprized with the word "struggled"...suppose Argentina joined the allies in 1940, we only had 2 battleships, 7 cruisers and 13 destroyers....that would be struggling.Nice one CB Huge as Rodney was, she was in fact a scaled-down version of the gigantic N3 battleships that were 'cancelled' at the Washington naval talks. Had those, and the related G3 fast battleships, been built, the RN wouldn't have struggled for world-class battleships throughout WW2...
USN battleship USS Colorado, I think this was the one with electric drive.
YouTube - Acorazado USS Colorado. Canal de Panama.
Nice video Charles
"Named after Admiral Scheer, the victor at Jutland" Hmmmmm, sounds a little propagandaish. If he was the victor then why was his fleet back in port, unable to come out the next day while the Grand Fleet was ready for battle?
Well, I actually agree with them. If you look at the losses and damage inflicted, Germany was a clear winner at Jutland. British Homefleet was not ready for battle the next day, but they had more reserves than the relatively small German navy.
The german fleet sink 155,000 tons of enemy warships in Jutland against 61,000 tons of the british, Scheer also escaped a trap designed by the britons to aniquilate him and the total of the hochseeflote with the 15 inch gunned battleships, I dont know if it was a triumph but certainly wasnt a defeat.
The Prinz Eugen 203mm gunned heavy cruiser.
YouTube - Crucero Pesado Prinz Eugen
Both sides were justified in claiming victory at Jutland. The Germans sank more ships, but the RN were not forced to end their blockade, nor was their ability to immediately renew the engagement severely compromised. A dreadnought engagement was bound to be inconclusive anyway, as neither side was really willing to risk it's battleships in a Napoleonic naval fight to the finish.
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind;
and therefore never send to ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" - John Donne, Meditation XVII
Yes, that's one beauty of a ship. The wreck can still be seen on Google Earth.
Here a nice website about the wreckage: http://www.thunderstruckobservatory.com/eugen.html
Last edited by Marcel; 11-24-2010 at 03:35 AM.
Thanks for the link, it was beautiful indeed, too bad it end up like this, could be a floating museum today.
Does anybody wonder how an naval gun was loaded and aimed ? this video of the 15 inch (381mm) guns inside the italian "Littorio" class battleships explain it:
YouTube - Artilleria Naval italiana Segunda Guerra Mundial
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